WEBVTT FAIRGROUNDS TO SHOW US HOW THEYARE GETTING READY.EARL MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIRORGANIZERS SAY SECURITY FOR THISYEAR'S FAIR WILL HAVE ITSLARGEST COORDINATED EFFORTBETWEEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENTAND THE FAIR COMMISSIOTHEY SAY HINDS COUNTY DEPUTIESWILL PRIMARILY PATROL THEFAIRGROUNDS, WHILE JACKSONPOLICE WILL PROTECT THE AREASNEAR GATES.STATE CAPITOL POLICE WILL ALSOBE READY TO ASSIST.>> WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED OURCOMMUNICATION EFFORTS THROUGHOUR COMMAND CENTER, AND THAT'SGOING TO HELP US A LOT, HEAVFORBID, IF WE HAVE TO RESPOND TOSOMETHING.EARL: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSA HE CAN'T GO INTO SPECIFICS,BUT SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BEON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUSPICIOUSAND/OR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.STATE FAIR OFFICIALS AND LAWENFORCEMENT HAVE THE TASK OFKEEPING UP T 80,000 SAFE INJUST ONE DAY ALONE.>> WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKETH PLACE, ANY PLACE WHERETHERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE OFTHIS MAGNITUDE, AS SAFE ASPOSSIBLE.EARL: RENO SAYS ADDITIONAL FIRSTRESPONDERS WILL ALSO BE ON HANDDURING THE TWO WEEK EVENT.

Security for the fair, which kicks off Wednesday, will have its largest coordinated effort between local law enforcement and the Fair Commission. Hinds County sheriff’s deputies will patrol the fairgrounds, while Jackson police will protect the areas near the gates. State Capitol police will also be ready to assist.

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“We’ve really expanded our communication through our command center and that’s going to help us a lot,” Rick Reno, executive director of the Mississippi Fair Commission, said. “God forbid if we have to respond to something.”

The U.S. Homeland Security Department said there is no "specific credible threat" involving other public venues in the U.S. after the Las Vegas shooting that killed more than 50 people.

Reno said, without going into specifics, that law enforcement will be on the lookout for suspicious and/or criminal behavior.

More than 700,000 people are expected to attend the 12-day event, with up to 80,000 in one day alone, Reno said.

“It’s incumbent upon us to really try to make this place, any place where there’s a group of this magnitude, as safe as possible,” Reno said.

Street closures and changes to traffic around the fairgrounds in Jackson will begin Tuesday evening.